In a time frame spanning less than 24 hours, I took on a new apartment and a new car. I move Thursday, have a job interview with Kaplan on Sunday, and start my job at CMU Tuesday.

I'm not sure that being an adult is all that fun.

Then again, on the upside, my car is hott and my apartment has a pool...

I have hated my car for a little while now. In an odd twist of fate, I think she hates me back. Let me elaborate ( Read more... )

I suppose that I should post to this and let you all know that I'm still alive, since I've been cut off from most other forms of communication, thanks to the crazy hours and general lack of internet access. (Thankfully, the wireless decided to kick in in the office today, so I'm suckling off some neighbor's free connection. Score ( Read more... )

Ok, so bear with me here ( Read more... )

Finals are upon us. I have but a month left in this job. My time will be largely occupied with making a complete electronic copy of "Iron Bird" for George. That's right; I'm being paid to retype the original Tibetan musical. It's quite interesting, actually; God knows I've been curious about it for long enough ( Read more... )

I am amazed at the stupidity of the general populace. First, people become raving idiots when faced with the difficult situation of giving their name and information to reserve tickets. I say "Okay. What's your last name." There is then a Pinter-esque pause, in which they hopefully contemplate the meaning of life, before replying, "Uh... Smith ( Read more... )

The government has just issued a law requiring all new vehicles to have anti-rollover technology by 2012. It will supposedly save 10,000 or so lives every year ( Read more... )

Why do people feel the need to flip off other drivers? Maybe MAYBE if the other driver almost causes a wreck, but even then the effective response is just to hit your horn. Generally speaking, people don't intend to cause accidents, so what's the point in getting so angry at them? It was a mistake; let it go ( Read more... )

So I've been looking into various job possibilities for next year. In fact, I've been spending most of my time doing this, while staring at my computer screen at work (hey--I'm only temp, and they have begun looking for my replacement!). And this is what my rotten horoscope decides to tell me for the week ( Read more... )

Ok, so let me preface this by saying I've been sick and unable to do much beside surf the 'net for a few days, in my medicine-induced stupor. I've been reading a lot of random news reports, and looking for job info, and letting MSN do some of my thinking for me. And a large portion of this was spurred by a Mardi Gras conversation with Mitch as we ( Read more... )